there’s a shocking amount of strategy considering how entirely random the meta is

me being sent out knowing i only exist to do nothing and die
there are literally pokemon in the actual meta like this
my innards out pyukumuku being sent out with the full knowledge that it’s here purely to gruesomely die and kamikaze ruin my opponent’s sweep
im gonna name my scout pokemon benguined parbecue
there’s actually a lot of strategy to hackmons cup because information comes at a premium. you have to decide whether you want to reveal your more reliable 100% accuracy move that you know will get a kill or if you want to keep doing what you’re doing and bait your opponent into switching something in that gets owned by said 100% accuracy move
this is arguably somewhat true in the actual meta too but mos of the time people have a broad baseline expectation of what your move possibilities are. so it’s mostly just for like what exactly your moveslot that’s up to decision is
if u have a wooloo u should name it eliza. she always gets distracted and stares blankly like a sheep
what should i name you after
incineroar
yeah
well if nobody objects in the next checks modlog 2 days…
I kinda wonder how one would assign a usability score to a Hackmons Cup Pokemon.
I guess the basics are simple: a Pokemon with Sturdy gets a higher score the lower their HP is, and a Pokemon with Final Gambit gets a higher score the higher their HP is, for example.
sturdy mons normally aren’t helped by low HP (compared to sturdy mons with higher HP) unless (a) they have one of the moves where that’s beneficial or (b) they are Literally Shedinja which is hardcoded to only have 1
Arete
Morale?

meow